By Charles Shapiro

At the October 10 meeting of the Retired Men’s Association Spike Lipschutz introduced our speaker, Dr. Alan S. Kliger, whose talk was titled “Kidney Disease – A Tale of Two Miracles.” Dr. Kliger is Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine. He served as Sr. VP Medical Affairs for Yale New Haven Health System, and was its Chief Quality Officer. He also served the Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven as Chairman of the Department of Medicine, and later its Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Kliger served as the Chair of the American Society of Nephrology’s Excellence in Patient Care Advisory Committee and has co-authored more than 190 publications in peer-reviewed journals, with particular interest in dialysis, quality measurement, quality improvement and patient saf

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